http://www.huffingtonpost.com/r-andrew-chesnut/vatican-official-denounces-santa-muerte-as-sinister-and-infernal_b_3128619.html

Well, then, the goons at the Vatican can't have any pan de los ( Read more... )

The previous baktun (Mayan long count calendar) is over. A new one has begun. I've heard that the omens are good for this 2013, but that's largely up to us. So endeth the lesson ( Read more... )

Even though this is my "books" tag, Santa Muerte gets the userpic because this review is all about her ( Read more... )

My subconscious is trying to tell me something but I don't know what ( Read more... )

http://laeastside.com/2009/02/templo-santa-muerte/

For miafeliz, but also la_azteca and letter_d.

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/29/1n29santa223840-new-front-war-drug-gangs/?zIndex=74321

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I didn't get what dmckilli meant when he commented on Russians taking over LJ. I thought it was a reference to all those Russian LJers who come in and friendlist you for no reason you can determine because you can't read Russian and neither can I anymore. (I did once ( Read more... )

I've been reading a lot about St Francis of Assisi lately. I've taken to wearing the Tau cross to remind myself all the time of how the Seraphic Father would react to those around him ( Read more... )

They turned Santa Muerte into...into...

...I can't even say it. Just see for yourself:

http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2007/08/12/mexicos_death_saint_gets_new_look/

I dreamt Steve dropped me off in Tijuana. Based on my recent Santa Muerte kick here, I had decided to start researching for an article or book. As in the waking world, this meant, "Buy gewgaws and thingummies ( Read more... )